Travellers Rest flood map & planning overlays
A planning-constraint profile of Travellers Rest
(Meander Valley, TAS) - 6.13 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 3 October 2026.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
6.13 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Travellers Rest's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Travellers Rest
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 3 Oct 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Travellers Rest at a glance
How Travellers Rest is zoned
Buying in Travellers Rest? The zone and code overlays on this page are the Tasmanian Planning Scheme controls a section 337 certificate reports for a title.
Across its 6.13 km², Travellers Rest is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 17% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Rural Living. The median lot measures about 20,637 m² across 141 parcels.
Who lives in Travellers Rest
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Travellers Rest suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 1033, and decile 10 within Tasmania. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Travellers Rest's 348 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Hadspen - Carrick, the wider ABS statistical area containing Travellers Rest. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Travellers Rest itself.
3,039 in 2001 to 3,828 in 2025, up 26%.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Travellers Rest data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and the LIST (Land Tasmania) |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and the LIST (Land Tasmania) |
| Zoning | Mapped | the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and the LIST (Land Tasmania) |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and the LIST (Land Tasmania) |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | the Tasmanian Planning Scheme and the LIST (Land Tasmania), Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 3 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Travellers Rest address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 30% of Travellers Rest. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Published flood models are held here: a Flood Model Report is available for about 130 Travellers Rest addresses (+$9 with the planning report).
See what's in the $9 report →Travellers Rest planning - frequently asked
Is Travellers Rest flood-prone?
About 17% of Travellers Rest falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 15%. Modelled flood depth, velocity and flood level are held for about 130 Travellers Rest addresses, from published flood studies; the free check on the Flood Model Report page says whether a model reaches a given address.
Is Travellers Rest bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Travellers Rest is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Meander Valley average of 99%.
Is Travellers Rest under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 30% of Travellers Rest, and over about 70% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 3 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Travellers Rest?
The dominant planning zone in Travellers Rest is Rural Living, though the suburb also includes Landscape Conservation and Rural.
Does Travellers Rest have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Travellers Rest.
What is the typical lot size in Travellers Rest?
Across 141 surveyed parcels in Travellers Rest, the median lot size is about 20,637 m².
What is the population of Travellers Rest?
At the 2021 Census Travellers Rest had 348 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Hadspen - Carrick statistical area, which contains Travellers Rest, went from 3,039 people in 2001 to 3,828 in 2025, up 26%.
Is Travellers Rest an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Travellers Rest scores 1033 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Tasmania (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Travellers Rest?
Median household income in Travellers Rest was $2,017 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,278 for the typical suburb in Meander Valley. Median rent was $325 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,521 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Vale | 2.1 km | 4% | 70% |
| Hadspen | 3.1 km | 32% | 88% |
| Blackstone Heights | 3.8 km | 12% | 100% |
| Summerhill Launceston |
3.9 km | 7% | 48% |
| Prospect Launceston |
4.5 km | 7% | 83% |
| West Launceston Launceston |
5.5 km | 6% | 63% |
| Trevallyn West Tamar |
5.9 km | 9% | 77% |
| South Launceston Launceston |
6.2 km | 10% | 14% |
| Kings Meadows Launceston |
6.4 km | 10% | 48% |
| Youngtown Launceston |
6.6 km | 8% | 64% |